---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lunar New Year Day As An Observed State Holiday"
description: "The act designates Lunar New Year Day as an observed, but not a legal, state holiday that may be observed on the first Friday in February in each year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1271"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1271 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Matt Soper", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd2c2ec9-8889-41fa-b24a-25fe4f90bf3a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1271"
source_hash: "792a9eaedac55b8d9ab86f06406c0cf3f475d6d630061041dfd4be0864bab8cf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 23-1271 (2023A) — Lunar New Year Day As An Observed State Holiday

The act designates Lunar New Year Day as an observed, but not a legal, state holiday that may be observed on the first Friday in February in each year.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_hb1271_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1271_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1271_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1271_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1271_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1271_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1271_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1271_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **55–5** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **29–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd2c2ec9-8889-41fa-b24a-25fe4f90bf3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).